Crowne Plaza Key West La Concha

La Concha in Duval Street means fun, nightlife and people watching, and you can’t really do better than staying at one of the most popular hotels in Key West Florida.

This is not only the tallest building in Key West, but it is also pretty much bang in the centre of Duval Street.

Since 1926, the hotel has been one of those places that have attracted luminaries of note with the force of a light bulb to a moth.

Many of those people who seem to burn more brightly in their creativity or just desire for a little excitement have laid their head down in the La Concha.

Royalty, Presidents, through to authors and movie stars have stayed, with Ernest Hemingway actually mentioning the hotel in one of his novels.

Not to be outdone by this, it is often mentioned (although we are not sure that it is true) that Tennessee Williams finished A Streetcar Named Desire whilst a resident.

Over the years, in the same way that a natural change has occurred to Key West, the hotel has undergone many changes, renovations and touch ups, leaving the 150 rooms and 10 suites with a casual, but elegant feel.

The rooms are mainly decorated in a 1920’s style, which really gives it a “coolness” which is memorable, against the standard Holiday Inn type franchise’s that are common place across America.